Container with animated display



June 17, 1958 J. B. BERGER ETAL 2,833,976

CONTAINER WITH ANIMATED DISPLAY Filed Sept. 19, 1956 INVEN TORS t/aszsp/s 5. 5:765;

Unite States Patent CONTAINER WITH ANIMATED DISPLAY Joseph B. Berger and David Berger, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 19, 1956, Serial No. 610,794

1 Claim. (Cl. 88--18.8)

This invention relates to an animated display for amusing children and the invention is particularly directed to a container in which the animated display is mounted within the cover thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a container with an animated display arranged on a disk mounted for rotation within the cover and with means protruding therethrough adapted to be rotated for imparting the appearance of motion to the display which is visible through an opening in the outer face of the cover.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the disk is momentarily arrested as each picture is disposed in registry with the opening in the cover.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container in the form of a childs handbag with the animated display mounted within the cover thereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a childs handbag provided with a cover having an animated display mounted therein in accordance with the invention and showing the cover in open relation in broken lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 33 of Fig. 2 showing the face of the disk on which the animated display is to be affixed.

Fig. 4 is a face view of the disk with the animated display applied thereto.

The invention is shown in the drawings in its application to a childs handbag having a cover 11 hingedly connected therewith as at 12 and provided with fastening means 13 on the bag adapted to engage complementary fastening means 14 on the cover for securing the cover in closed relation.

The cover 11 consists of inner and outer plies 15 and 16 which are secured together about the periphery thereof by a line of stitching 17 and between which plies is arranged an annular plate 18 having a peripheral flange 19. The flange 19 projects toward the outer ply 16 of the cover and mounted for rotation on the plate is a disk 21 "ice having an annular row of figures 22 which may be pictures, cartoons, animals and the like, each figure illustrating a different position or posture from the adjacent figures to give the appearance of motion when the disk is rotated. The disk 21 is aflixed to a shaft 23 which freely protrudes through an opening in the outer ply 16 and is mounted for rotation on a stud 24 aflixed to the plate 18. The outer end of the shaft 23 has a knob 25 affixed thereto for manually turning the disk 21 on the stud 24. Interposed between the disk 21 and the outer ply 16 is a stiff plate 26 secured to the inner and outer plies 15 and 16 by the stitching 17. The outer ply 16 and the stiflf plate 26 are provided with a viewing opening 27 which is arranged adjacent the tab portion 29 of the cover and through which the figures are visible.

In order to momentarily arrest the rotation of the disk 21 each time a figure is disposed in registry with the viewing opening 27, projections 39 are provided on the periphery of the disk and which extend outwardly on a radial line midway between adjacent figures 22. A relatively stiff spring tongue 32 projects inwardly from the flange 19 of the plate 18 into the path of movement of the projections 30. The tongue 32 momentarily stops the rotation of the disk as it engages each projection 30 to thereby give the appearance of animation to the figures viewed through the viewing opening 27.

While the preferred form of the invention is shown and described herein, it is to be understood that the same is not so limited but shall cover and include any and all modifications thereof which fall within the purview of the invention as defined in the claim,

What is claimed is:

In a device of the character described, a cover having inner and outer plies, a flanged plate arranged in fixed position between the plies and having a stud affixed centrally thereto, a disk having a multiplicity of figures arranged in side by side relation and extending continuously in annular form on the forward face thereof, said disk having a tubular shaft mounted for rotation on said stud with the shaft extending through the forward face of said cover and having a handle atfixed thereto for manually turning the shaft, said inner and outer plies and said plate being secured together at their peripheries, said outer ply having an opening through which said figures are visible, said disk having radial projections extending outwardly therefrom centrally between each adjacent pair of figures, and means carried by the flange of said plate projecting into the path of movement of said projections for momentarily arresting said disk during rotation thereof each time a figure is in registry with said opening to provide an animated display with the rotation of said disk.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,358,698 Beskow Nov. 16, 1920 1,516,718 Dailey Nov. 25, 1924 1,688,972 King Oct. 23, 1928 

